| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus limnocharis Barneby |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 2500-3300m |
| Description | greenish, glabrous, leaves 2-5cm long, leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, revolute, thick, flowers 3-6 in umbel, pod broadly ovoid-spherical, ventricose, 10-16mm long |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | ochre, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
limnocharis montii (S.L.Welsh) Isely, Syst. Bot. 8(4): 422 (1983)
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